harrisp
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After second fast idle I think it was, is this the cat at fault?
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taylor2008
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i personally would of sed it was the cat yes. if you have a large cone filter on it to can affect the emissions too.
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harrisp
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quote: Originally posted by taylor2008
i personally would of sed it was the cat yes. if you have a large cone filter on it to can affect the emissions too.
Its a standard airbox. Will have to get another cat then.
Also, wahts the deal with sport cats? seen one near me on ebay thats apparently a sport cat, will this be any better for emissions than my shoddy pattern one?
[Edited on 07-09-2009 by harrisp]
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taylor2008
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must be the cat then, ermm it should pass with the sports cat on, ive neva reli had problems with the cat tbh, to be on the safe side ring them up the mot station and ask them if it will be ok, should work tho,if not you will better of to buy a new one.
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harrisp
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quote: Originally posted by taylor2008
must be the cat then, ermm it should pass with the sports cat on, ive neva reli had problems with the cat tbh, to be on the safe side ring them up the mot station and ask them if it will be ok, should work tho,if not you will better of to buy a new one.
Mot centre are fucking useless, couldn't even work my windscreen washer jets.
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Richardhhha
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a sport cat has 200 cells per inch (cpi) and a standard cat has 400cpi so in all fareness your letting the gasses flow freeyer and its legal. unline a de cat which is iligal.
got one up for sale soon if your interested (it wont pass its MOT on a sport cat tho unless its a really tight/new engine
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harrisp
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quote: Originally posted by Richardhhha
a sport cat has 200 cells per inch (cpi) and a standard cat has 400cpi so in all fareness your letting the gasses flow freeyer and its legal. unline a de cat which is iligal.
got one up for sale soon if your interested (it wont pass its MOT on a sport cat tho unless its a really tight/new engine
Thanks for the offer but I was only asking as I saw a cheap one near by so was going to buy that just for MOT as I am decatting it anyway.
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flame
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I put a 1.4 16v in a 1.0 corsa I had there and took it for MOT last week but the CO was 8.8% so I changed the plugs, o2 sensor, stuck a fiver of super unleaded and added a bottle of Nitrox power booster to the fuel. You can get the Nitrox stuff from Halfords and it is in an orange bottle. It increases the octance rating of the fuel and is supposed to reduce emissions. I took her for the retest last night and it passed the emissions. I didnt catch what the CO went down to but it must have been below 3.5%.
The car has a standard exhaust system but no cat- I have never put a corsa through the test with a cat so you dont need it
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